Knotter cam oiler for harvesters



May 1" Iggy.' w. WEBBER i KNOTTEB CAM OILER FOR HARVESTERS vFiled Jan.12. 1925 Patented May 127, v1927.

" Viiviirirniviiiiiigeiania 'oriineminem Immers, asisten-ottimo@,visitan-omarmen Aoonronn'rron' foeNWfJERsEYX famofrnaeAMioILE-ero,HARVEscERsQ FThis iii-.ventionjV relates toanoilerorlubri ,cati-ng device tort-her calnwheel :and associ- Iated.driven members in thejknotting mechagrain liaryestersl and-the like. In.theoperation jotgrainfbinders .in -the field,` and similar Vmachinesemploying, knotnisms' use-dior binding slieayesnoiffgrain' lin j termechanisins,A gconsiderable elicultyhas ybeen .experieneeclldue @to,theiaulty ,operation-of 'such Lk'nottingineclianisnfis, because :of

VQthe .difficulty fr supplyingiduring the oper-k ationpf the :mechanism4a yl'ubricantgto the :gear kfaeeson the cani :wheel and fthe associatedpinins for, l'driving the knotter :hook *fand cord lholder. f`

Y i *It is, therefore, an objectiof" this inyention Etoprovide asmple'and efficient means ',orjvv y supplying the mutilated xgear Vfaceson the cani wheel'off the'con.v11tional 'knetter Vthereof. It isy ayfurther lobjectgoff thistinyention mechanism and the'vp'ii'iioiisdriven'thereby .with a ylubricant to' proyidefa device ofthefc'lia'racter 4describedwhich maybe easily-,1attached, andf' usedwith existinggknotter'mechanisms now ,l in vthe yfield .withoutgreatgfekpenseMand trouble.

' i Further ,objects'o' this ,inyention yap-` v pear las :this',disclosure progresses These objects iarejaccoinplished "byflthis Yinvention ,inthe provision of a lbracket-jor will be vwiped or engagedby thel thereby for imparting rotation Vto the cord holder and knetterhook.

In the accompanying Vsheetot` drawings wherein like characters ofreference denote.l

'y' served that the holder and wick are in such like parts throughoutthe several views,-

Fig. lis an end View of theknotter shaft.

mounting` and the associated mechanism for tying and twisting the twinearound a sheaf of grain to be bound; i Y Fig. 2 is a detail View, partlyin section, showing the improved oiler attachment taken along the -line2-2 ofFig.' land looking in theedirection of the'arrows;v and Fig. 3 isa further detail of the oiler atair/Eminronet .menaient takes a stencilsneng itifiiipiiiieee In the drawingsfisfiilliistiiated'the {preifLei-29,1%

erred embodiment .of the present invention shown in association with faconventional ing machines, and c'oinprisesfthe vusual breast-plate y,10to; `which vis .securely fas-V tenedr in yany' suitable; manner'theknotter `with'. .the inutilatedgear tace 14,' and the mutilated:gearjface l'Lthe former adapted f ,to limpart' I,rotation A to -apinion 16' for inter# n 'ilitten'tly .rotating the Aallai-"c 17,.,whichvcar- `ries the,conventional ,cord `holder,18, while the. gear 'acev l5rinterini'ttently `iiitiparts fr o-i tation tothe yp irliijoizi 19forlrotatingfthe shaft i lis toproiideja simple and e'iicient means forholder 22 on the "knetter ,frame adjacentgthe cam wheel; This bracket or"holder 'isy closed .,oii allsides 'except it'sfront sideWherelitis'jlongitudinally slotted :torithe insertionof a fwLiclLor pad 23, theextending'jnto the' f' jecting through the aperturea slight felis`tance; `The wick is of' suclr a size that it in'ustfjbe crowded into'the 'aperture sogt'hat the front walls 2 o ffltlielbracket dig into'iti-.-v g:

position. An' aperture 2 5 at oneend of the hollowV bracket vislprovided `so that the l u` vloricant supply-may be replenished by means#I oit' an oil can or the like.v It willbe 'oba position on theframe-that' as the cani wheel V'rotates intermittently theJ gearfaces-'tliiereot engage or wipe over theapi-'ojectingV end 'of the padand take lubricant therefroii'i and supply it to the Vpinions 16 and 19driven thereby.' i

so that an etlicient contact may always be y vbe easily substitute-d.

maintained. Iftlie pad has become completely VWorn out, a `,new onermayobviously It Will thus be appreciated from the above disclosure thatthe,n device of the present invention efficiently `and,siiccessfiillysolves mechanism of the typejdescribed. and that" as a result thetendency for kWear on these parts is considerably lessened andthe'ease'v the problem of supplyingv lubricant in a Tof Voperationthereof .considerably enhanced.

A "The preferred forni .of the inveiition,"of

course, has been shown, and it is" tolbe understood' that variouschanges inf the form, construction, and arrangement v,of partsmay bema'deby those skilled in the art Without departing r'from thespii'itofjthe,invention i as hereinafter claimed. g 20 lz'In a. knottermechanism YII, 1echanisms Vhavingva frame, ya knotter i shaft i'jcarried inthe frame,'a cam Vwheel having gear faces fixedto'said shaft,a 'knotter hoo-k Vpinion anda cord holder pinion carried on vshaftsjournaled in the frame and engageable with the gear 'faces on the camWheel,

' andmeans ontlie frameL for automatically lubricating the gear, faces.on the camas "the saine'tu-rns. y'

.2. Inja knotter- Vmechanism for binding fmechanisms having a frame, aknetter-shaft lcarried in the frame, a cam Wheel having Qgearfaces-iXedto said' shaft, a knotter hookjpinion andra Ycord holder' pinion car-`'ried on shafts journaled'in Athe frame and Y engageable vviththe gearfaces onthe cam`v Vivheehhand means on the frame engageable,V

lpinions as the sainer operate. Y

by-fthegear faces on the cam'vvheel for automatically lubricating Vsaidgear faces and 3;:In a knotter mechanism for ybinding mechanisms havinga frame, a knotter shaft carried in the frame, acani Wheel having A,gear faces fixed toy said kshaft, "a knottei hook pinion and a cordholder pinion car-v "..iied on shafts jouriialedV in the fraine and*,Wheel, and a bracket provided `With an oil:

"soaked padv carried on the frame, said pad`v engageable With the gearfaces on the cam vvpinions.VK n V K l 4. In a knotter mechanism forbinding for bindingV engageable by the `gear faces on fthe cam Wheel forlubricating said gear faces and mechanisms having a frame,` a kiiottershaft ycarried intlielframe,`a cam Wheel having4k gear faces fixedtofsaid shaft, a knotter hook pinion anda cord holder pinionv carried onshaftsliouinaledr in the'frame and engage-` able ivith the gear faces.on'the cam Wheel,

and a -bracketjintegrally formed on theyV frame and l provided With anoiled A pad, ltlie bracketbeing carried'on the frame in apositionpermitting the"gear'faces on the cam Wheel tofengage the oiledforlubrieating said gear faces and piiiions. 5..:In a knetterii'icclianismfoi'xbinding jmechanisn'is having 4a frame, aknotter shaftcarriedv in the"fi'ainefaijcam VWheel having 'gear faces fixed' 'to saidshaft, a knotter hook pinion anda coidw'holder pinionrcarriedu'on lshafts jjournaled jin the ffframe and Y engageable with the'jgearrfaces'on the cam Wheel,

oiled pad lcarried on the frame,isaid pad en- "a hollen7 bracketprovidedv with ya projecting Y vgageable by the gear faces on the camWheel for lubricating the gear faces vand pinions,

and means formed, onthe bracket for ref` taining the oiledjpadinprojecting position. 6. ln la knetter mechanism forbinding Ymechanisms thaving aY frame, a knotter shaft' journaled in the frame, a.gear Wheel .on said shaft, means operable vvby said wvlieel foroperating a knot tying means, and means onthe fram'ejengage'ableby,thegear VWheel forV lubricating thef-y gear Wheel andV theY knot .l

provided With `anoil lsoaked pad carried on the frame and engageable bythe vgear wheel for lubricating the gearrwlieel and the-knot n tyingoperating means.,

- AWiLLiAM WEBBER.

y In testimony whereof I'af'lixj` my J signin ture.` i" y

